In 1610, Ieyasu Tokugawa initiated the construction of Nagoya Castle for his son Yoshinao. The sliding door murals are important cultural and historical properties reflecting the history of the generation; Topped with golden shachihoko, votive tiger-fish roof devices, Nagoya Castle and its magnificent Hommaru Palace were operated as a military facility. Nagoya Castle was Japan’s first castle to be designated a National Treasure and a National Historic Site.

名古屋城是名古屋的標誌，是十七世紀日本戰國三雄之一的德川家康下令建造的城堡，不過原城堡於二戰時遭空襲幾乎全毀，現建築是戰後重建，內設升降機接載遊人，登上觀光層可360度飽覽名城公園及名古屋的景色，城堡屋頂有一對金鯱，龍首魚身，一雌一雄分踞在屋脊兩側，原作為防火符咒之用，後來成為城主權利的象徵，原來的金鯱已毀於戰火，而「城表二之門」則是倖存之物，現已列為日本國寶。